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        <p>goto — 
      Transfer control on every pass.
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        <h2>Description</h2>
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      Transfer control to <span class="emphasis"><em>label</em></span> on every pass. (Combination of <a class="link" href="igoto.html" title="igoto"><em class="citetitle">igoto</em></a> and <a class="link" href="kgoto.html" title="kgoto"><em class="citetitle">kgoto</em></a>) 
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        <h2>Syntax</h2>
        <pre class="synopsis"><span class="command"><strong>goto</strong></span> label</pre>
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      where <span class="emphasis"><em>label</em></span> is in the same instrument block and is not an expression.
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      Using <span class="emphasis"><em>goto</em></span> not as part of an <a class="link" href="if.html" title="if"><em class="citetitle">if</em></a> statement (as in: goto end), will cause initialization to be skipped on all the code the <span class="emphasis"><em>goto</em></span> jumps over. In performance, leaving some opcodes uninitialized will cause deletion of the note/event. In these cases, using <a class="link" href="kgoto.html" title="kgoto"><em class="citetitle">kgoto</em></a> (as in: kgoto end) might be preferred."
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      Here is an example of the goto opcode. It uses the file <a class="ulink" href="examples/goto.csd" target="_top"><em class="citetitle">goto.csd</em></a>.

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            <strong>Example 356. Example of the goto opcode.</strong>
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            <p>See the sections <a class="link" href="UsingRealTime.html" title="Real-Time Audio"><em class="citetitle">Real-time Audio</em></a> and <a class="link" href="CommandFlags.html" title="Csound command line"><em class="citetitle">Command Line Flags</em></a> for more information on using command line flags.</p>
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<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="comment">; Select audio/midi flags here according to platform</span>
<span class="comment">; Audio out   Audio in</span>
-odac           -iadc    <span class="comment">;;;RT audio I/O</span>
<span class="comment">; For Non-realtime ouput leave only the line below:</span>
<span class="comment">; -o goto.wav -W ;;; for file output any platform</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsOptions&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsInstruments&gt;</span>

<span class="comment">; Initialize the global variables.</span>
<span class="ohdr">sr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 44100
<span class="ohdr">kr</span> <span class="op">=</span> 4410
<span class="ohdr">ksmps</span> <span class="op">=</span> 10
<span class="ohdr">nchnls</span> <span class="op">=</span> 1

<span class="comment">; Instrument #1.</span>
<span class="oblock">instr</span> 1
  a1 <span class="opc">oscil</span> 10000, 440, 1
  <span class="octrl">goto</span> <span class="olabel">playit</span>

  <span class="comment">; The goto will go to the playit label.</span>
  <span class="comment">; It will skip any code in between like this comment.</span>

<span class="olabel">playit</span><span class="op">:</span>
  <span class="opc">out</span> a1
<span class="oblock">endin</span>


<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsInstruments&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;CsScore&gt;</span>

<span class="comment">; Table #1: a simple sine wave.</span>
<span class="stamnt">f</span> 1 0 32768 10 1

<span class="comment">; Play Instrument #1 for one second.</span>
<span class="stamnt">i</span> 1 0 1
<span class="stamnt">e</span>


<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsScore&gt;</span>
<span class="csdtag">&lt;/CsoundSynthesizer&gt;</span>
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      <a class="link" href="cggoto.html" title="cggoto"><em class="citetitle">cggoto</em></a>, 
      <a class="link" href="cigoto.html" title="cigoto"><em class="citetitle">cigoto</em></a>, 
      <a class="link" href="ckgoto.html" title="ckgoto"><em class="citetitle">ckgoto</em></a>, 
      <a class="link" href="if.html" title="if"><em class="citetitle">if</em></a>, 
      <a class="link" href="igoto.html" title="igoto"><em class="citetitle">igoto</em></a>, 
      <a class="link" href="kgoto.html" title="kgoto"><em class="citetitle">kgoto</em></a>, 
      <a class="link" href="tigoto.html" title="tigoto"><em class="citetitle">tigoto</em></a>, 
      <a class="link" href="timout.html" title="timout"><em class="citetitle">timout</em></a>
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        <h2>Credits</h2>
        <p>Example written by Kevin Conder.</p>
        <p>Added a note by Jim Aikin.</p>
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